Program Services

Program Services serves as a liaison between the detainee population, the general public and Department of Corrections Administration, as well as, other law enforcement agencies.

Program Services mission is to deliver support services within the Cook County Department of Corrections in the following areas: technical assistance, social services, law library services, notary services, mail services, election registration and balloting distribution, new program development, religious and educational services, disciplinary hearings, grievance and grievance appeals processing, clergy visits, how a detainee can obtain property, trust information as to how detainees can receive money to put on books, telephone account information for detainees, visitation requests for DCFS, detainee death notifications, detainee marriage ceremonies and special diets.